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America’s immigration debate has once again become intensely ideological, emotionally charged and increasingly theatrical. In recent months, a flurry of anti-H-1B legislative proposals has emerged in Washington, targeting not just temporary work visas but the broader pipeline that attracts international students and skilled professionals to the United States (US). From calls to abolish the H-1B…
American CEO James Blunt has called on the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to introduce a regularly updated public dashboard tracking H-1B visa data. In a post shared on social media, James Blunt said better transparency around H-1B approvals, extensions and transfers could improve public understanding of the visa system and reduce misinformation….
A US entrepreneur named James Blunt has sparked an online debate after sharing a X (formerly Twitter) post on how the debate about H-1B visa holders taking over US jobs “is being driven more by emotion than by the actual numbers”. Blunt’s post uses a dot chart to show nearly 700,000 H-1B workers in the…
The US administration under President Donald Trump has reduced legal immigration far more sharply than illegal entries, with international students and high-skilled visa holders among the hardest hit, according to a recent analysis by David J. Bier of the Cato Institute, a Washington-based think-tank.“Although illegal entries have declined, the cuts to legal immigration are significantly…
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) introduced a new H-1B visa selection system last year. The department then replaced the random lottery system for H-1B visa selection with a new wage-weighted model. According to a Bloomberg Law report, US businesses saw selection rates jump to “unseen levels” for high-skilled foreign workers this year. The…
TOI correspondent from Washington: US Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday doubled down on the Trump administration’s restrictive immigration posture, signaling a deepened skepticism toward the H-1B visa program while framing national “loyalty” as the ultimate litmus test for immigrants.Speaking at TurningPointUSA townhall in Georgia, Vance deflected an Indian-origin student’s question regarding the decades-long green…
The US state of Iowa is reportedly considering a new law that could change how universities hire foreign workers, especially those on H-1B visas. The bill, called House File 2513, has already passed the Iowa House and cleared early stages in the Senate. If approved, it could place new limits on hiring certain foreign nationals…
Meta went on a hiring spree in 2025, paying extraordinary salaries to secure top engineering and AI talent. According to a report by Business Insider, more than 5,800 federal H-1B and other work visa applications, the company offered base salaries that rival Silicon Valley’s highest pay scales. As per the H-1B visa data one software…
New data from the US Department of Labour shows that Amazon, Meta, Google, Apple and Microsoft have sharply criticised their H-1B visa petitions, reflecting both tighter immigration rules and widespread layoffs across the tech industry. According to a report by Business Insider, the filings covering the first quarter of fiscal 2026 (October- December 2025), reveal…
H-1B lottery FY 2027 results are out. Selected employers will start filing petitions from April 1. The H-1B lottery 2027 results are out, though there is no official figure on how many registrations the USCIS received this year, and how the first wage-based lottery this year stacked up to the random lottery practices. Selection of…
